The quick and easy way (Limited testing, post here if you run into a problem) In the Guest, Select a location of choice where you will do your build. About a colored table Pen Tester's Programming Style Can I hide disabled users in the User Manager? These packages are available on your distribution's installation CD.Extracting the sources of the vmblock module.Building the vmblock module.Using 2.6.x kernel build system.make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config17/vmblock-only'make -C /lib/modules/2.6.23.1-49.fc8/build/include/.. vmware tools (as long as its actually running) should handle that.Are you sure you havent installed it but not configured it?

Cannot Mount Filesystem No Such Device

Evan Broder (broder) wrote on 2010-03-22: #4 It sounds like the problem here is not having the open-vm-tools modules built. Reinstalling VMware tools rebooting did not help. Count trailing truths On 1941 Dec 7, could Japan have destroyed the Panama Canal instead of Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack? so, THIS SOLUTION ACTUALLY WORKS ...

When you ask a question or answer a question regarding which version of Ubuntu you are using, include the full version number. –Thomas Ward♦ Mar 2 '15 at 12:07 TSU Reply With Quote 12-Jul-2015,21:33 #6 tsu2 View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries View Articles Flux Capacitor Penguin Join Date Jun 2008 Location San Diego, Ca, USA Posts 6,339 You will see the notice for the invalid path. Open-vm-tools Hgfs skipped...

Edit line 127, change .remove = __devexit_p(vmci_remove_device), to .remove = vmci_remove_device, Edit line 1753, change static init __devinit vmci_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id) to static int vmci_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev, What Is Hgfs IMO this is a very serious issue that needs to be reported if the two of us aren't just looking at co-incidental anomalies. If you want to install the tools non-interactively, you can do so by running: aptitude install module-assistant open-vm-source m-a a-i open-vm In any case, it sounds like the problem here was Can I use that to take out what he owes me?

/mnt/hgfs Missing

chunchengch Nov 13, 2007 4:52 AM (in response to Liz) The host is Ubuntu 7.10 Here is the fedora8.vmx file #!/usr/bin/vmwareconfig.version = "8"virtualHW.version = "6"scsi0.present = "TRUE"scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"memsize I also just did a websearch and couldn't find open-vm-dkms, nor does apt-cache find it... Cannot Mount Filesystem No Such Device No, you should never remove an open-vm-tools once it has been installed. 2. /mnt/hgfs Empty Unable to build the vmhgfs module." As result no shared folders support What did i do wrong? 02-20-2009,02:25 AM #2 imported_hatake_kakashi View Profile View Forum Posts Senior Member Join Date Aug

You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. The other is whether the hgfs directory was automatically created and exists in /mnt (eg the following command) Code: ls /mnt/ If either of both of these don't work immediately (they The rest of the software provided by VMware Tools is designed towork independently of this feature (including guest to host drag and drop andfile copy/paste).If you would like the host to this contact form modulesmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.23.1-49.fc8-i686'CC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/backdoor.oCC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/backdoorGcc32.oCC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/bdhandler.oCC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/cpName.oCC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLinux.oCC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLite.oCC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/dbllnklst.oCC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/dentry.oCC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/dir.oCC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/eventManager.oCC /tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/file.o/tmp/vmware-config15/vmhgfs-only/file.c:100: error: unknown field ‘sendfile' specified

Report a bug This report contains Public information Edit Everyone can see this information. Open-vm-tools Cannot Mount Filesystem No Such Device No, you should never remove an open-vm-tools once it has been installed. 2. After that, go and get a cup of coffee and come back in about 15 minutes.

I did notice that when I tried install open-vm-tools and reinstalling vm-ware-tools via vmware-install.pl, I got a failure notice for invalid gcc headers path.

I'm not using it because it gave me trouble before. –Melab Feb 1 '15 at 18:38 For this I'm using open-vm-tools. Visit the following links: Site Howto | Site FAQ | Sitemap | Register Now If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. AWo Nov 13, 2007 2:07 AM (in response to chunchengch) Like Liz wrote, you shouldn't have to care about. Mount: Unknown Filesystem Type 'vmhgfs' TSU Hi TSU, now that we're on the 4.1 kernel, do know if the patches will still work on the 4.1 kernel ?

Like Show 0 Likes (0) Actions 7. Not the answer you're looking for? So I'm a bit reluctant to try the patch if it impacts the autoresizing of the VM Player window. http://ecoflashapps.com/cannot-mount/cannot-mount-filesystem-aix.html It is possible to define metric spaces from pure topological concepts without the need to define a distance function?

Re: How to modify /etc/fstab to load host shared folder automatically? Does the automatic resizing of the guest when resizing the PLAYER window always work successfully ? (you mentioned that it did not wrok at first, this is a deal breaker for Ask Ubuntu works best with JavaScript enabled UbuntuCommunityAsk!DeveloperDesignDiscourseHardwareInsightsJujuShopMore ›AppsHelpForumLaunchpadMAASCanonical current community chat Ask Ubuntu Ask Ubuntu Meta your communities Sign up or log in to customize your list. What now?

Liz Nov 13, 2007 4:00 AM (in response to AWo) Please post your vmx file in th is post or the other one. The other is whether the hgfs directory was automatically created and exists in /mnt (eg the following command) Code: ls /mnt/ If either of both of these don't work immediately (they This was preventing the hgfs file to appear. Show 19 replies 1.

What's New? Re: How to modify /etc/fstab to load host shared folder automatically? Re-sizing the window is one way to test whether the patching worked and is running properly. Re: How to modify /etc/fstab to load host shared folder automatically?

If it's not already populated, then you will need to mount the shared folder using the following syntax (The folder name is whatever you call it and is the italicized "ShareFolderName" These packages are available on yourdistribution's installation CD. I'd generally recommend not making the fstab entry until you've verified manually mounting the shared folder works. Thanks for your interest and help.

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